> I don't want to beat a dead horse, though, and I can see that there's > little interest on the list in entertaining the concept of making > money through profit sharing with community developers and small > businesses. > It's a bummer though. It could be the big thing that makes producing > independent video profitable, or at least not a total money pit. It > also could put different kinds of creative people in the same room > and on the same page fostering who knows what kind of exciting > possibilities.
I think you just need to change your strategy. Why approach this group who aren't passionate about dog training? Just not something I want to spend my time doing for any amount of money. BUT I'm sure you know a whole community of dog lovers who now have access to cameras. Harness them to gather video for you. I'm sure they'd love some bucks, but passionate hobbyists often just do it because they love it. I'm also certain that it'll be easier to get people to record video and send it to you...then actually getting the to edit the videos as well. Editing videos is where the real time and skill is. Then you would need to talk serious money because editing video is not a light task. I personally don't think Michael Rosenbaum's article is very groundbreaking. Porn has done the "pay for download" thing for years. We all could have been doing it as well. Is this "THE YEAR" when people start paying for non-porn content? Doubtful. Because it's so easy to get free content online...and folks usually just route around "pay to view" barriers, a more likely scenario is that people will give you money just because they want to support the content. They WANT to support you vs they HAVE to pay you to watch. It's the NPR model vs the Comcast model. A small, but committed, fan base will fund you because they know that if they don't, you wont exist. This means your creations must be really important to them so take chances and make the things no one else is or can. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
